The San Diego Padres' ongoing quest for a World Series (or at least a playoff title). "You know that many runners enter a race, but only one of them wins the prize. So run to win! Athletes work hard to win a crown that cannot last, but we do it for a crown that will last forever." 1 Corinthians 9:24-25

Almost There

We played the Rockies on Tuesday and it was an interesting game. Very interesting.

First off, I still can’t stand it when we play the Rockies. I’m not exactly sure why, but I think it has to do with the fact that half the guys are still on the team that was in that Game 163. And for some reason, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget that game. So it’s weird to be playing them.

Second of all, Kevin Correia wasn’t the sharpest. He gave up a two-run homer to Carlos Gonzalez in the bottom of the third. Then we got a run in the top of the fourth. But then K-Cor gave up another homer to Chris Iannetta. Then we got a run in the top of the fifth. But then Kevin gave up yet another home run, this time to Troy Tulowitzki. Ugh. By then, the score was 4-2 Rockies. Not good.

But then we found out bats, finally, in the top of the sixth. It was great. Cheadley had a two-run single, Nick Hundley hit a two-run bomb, and Aaron Cunningham hit a triple. Anwyays, we scored five runs to take a 7-4 lead.

Edward Mujica gave up a couple of runs, but the rest of the bullpen was great. We stole three bases. We got fourteen hits. And we won 9-6. It was a goooood game. Great to comeback after that crazy loss on Monday.

Some strange things went on, though. There was a play where Everth Cabrera got caught in a rundown. He was heading for second, the pitcher threw a pitchout, and Everth had to do the old running-back-and-forth-between-first-and-second-while-the-ball-is-being-thrown-over-your-head-back-and-forth game. Well, he finally got caught, but apparently he bumped into Troy Tulowitzki a bit and they exchanged some words and things got a little hot. Thankfully, nothing came out of it. It was just a little werid.

Yesterday we played another great game. It was against the Mariners at night. Chris Young started, and he had a great outing. Six innings, three hits, one run, three walks, five strikeouts…yeah, I think he’s ready to go. Wonderful effort by CY last night.

Seattle got their run in the top of the fourth, but the Padres were held scoreless for a very long time (we didn’t get anything until the seventh inning!!). We got out first run, the tying run of the game, on Yorvit Torrealba’s single to drive in Will Venable. Then Oscar Salazar hit this little bloop into right field, where it bounced off of Ichiro’s glove and allowed Everth to score. And that was it.

Eck, Venable, Everth, and Torrealba all had two hits each. Great night for them.

Mark Worrell and Mike Adams each had a scoreless inning. I don’t think I’ve told you how thrilled I am that Worrell is healthy and playing right now. I haven’t heard much talk about him this spring, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was in our Opening Day bullpen. He’s been doing fairly well this spring, and I really hope that he’ll be able to help out the club big-time. Well, I guess I should say that he’s been a little better than “fairly well”: he’s yet to give up a run this spring.

Padres is far worth to see than any team, maybe because I’m one of their loyal fans and supporters. I’ll certainly enjoyed seeing it than the Crystal Bowersox performance but I heard she is good and very talented woman. Anyway, as the opening day is fast approaching I could not wait but to see the Padres rock the field. Make us proud guys and I’ll be cheering on you till the end.

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